Safety-pocket



G. G. BABICH.

SAFETY POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-6.19M.

1,330,572. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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GEORGE G. BABICH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY-PO CKET.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Feb; 10, 1920.

Application filed January 6, 1919. Serial 170.269,?77.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Gr. Benton, a citizen of the United States, reslding at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Pockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact specification.

This invention relates to safety pockets for trousers or other garments, and has for its object to provide a secret pocket withln or in conjunction with a main pocket, the entrance to said secret pocket being protected in a simple but effective manner, so that access thereto cannot be had without the wearer being aware of it. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is an outside view of the upper portion of a pair of trousers, showing how the pocket appears from the outside when closed in the usual manner.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with part of the trousers and outer piece of the pocket broken away to disclose the safety pocket protecting flap and its retaining means.

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the retaining flap turned outward, as when access is had to the secret pocket.

Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the double pocket alone with the openings to each pocket thrown open, and

Fig. 5 is a section on the line VV of Fig. 2, drawn to a larger scale.

WVhile the illustrated embodiment of the invention is a side trousers pocket, it will be understood that the safety or secret pocket may be incorporated in any other form of pocket, if desired. The double pocket, as a whole, is indicated at 2 attached in the usual manner to the trousers 1.

The double pocket is preferably formed of three pieces of material, 6, 7 and 8 stitched together so as to leave entrances to the two pockets at either side of the partition 7 arranged side by side, as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5. About midway of the entrance to In the accompanying drawings, wherein the inner or secret pocket a button 10 is secured to the piece 8 for engagement with a buttonhole 9 in the marginal portion of the partition piece 7 for closing the inner pocket.

To more effectively close said inner or safety pocket, a flap 11 is provided, said flap being attached to the edge of the piece 8 along the entrance to the inner pocket and normally folded inward over the marginal portion of the partition 7 so as to cover and conceal the button 10 and buttonhole 9, as shown in Fig. 2. Said flap is yieldingly retained in this folded or closed position by elastic or resilient strips 12 and 13 preferably attached to the respective ends thereof as at 15 and 17 and to the partition 7 at 14 and 16 so as to diverge inwardly and thus tendto hold the inner free edge of the flap taut and prevent sagging.

To obtain access to the inner pocket, the flap 11 must be Withdrawn, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, against the tension of the elastic or resilient strips 12 and 13 which being stretched will pull upon the partition 7 which will be felt by the wearer and notify him in case an unauthorized attempt is made to gain access to said inner pocket. Of course, even after the flap 11 is withdrawn, as shown in Fig. 3, the inner pocket remains closed by the button 10 and button hole, which must be unfastened, as illustrated in Fig. 4, before the hand can be inserted into said inner pocket, so that there is no chance of a pickpocket putting his hand into this safety pocket without the knowledge of the wearer, for the drawing out of the flap 11 would give notice and the thief would not be able to afterward undo the button,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a pocket, the combination with a partition dividing the same into a main pocket and a secret pocket, said pockets having entrances arranged side by side, of a flap to cover the entrance to the secret pocket, and resilient strips connected to said flap and partition for yieldingly retaining said flap in position to close said secret pocket.

2. In a pocket, the combination with a partition dividing the same into main and secret pockets having entrances arranged side by side, of a flap attached to the mar gin of the inner wall of the secret pocket at the entrance thereto and normally folded over the edge of the partition between the entrances to the two pockets and strips of elastic secured to said flap and to the partition for yieldingly retaining said flap in folded position to close the entrance to the secret pocket.

3. In a pocket, the combination with a partition dividing the same into main and secret pockets having entrances arranged side by side, of a flap attached to the margin of the inner wall of the secret pocket at the entrance thereto and normally folded over the edge of the partition between the entrances to the two pockets, resilient means attached to the end portions of said flap and to the partition for yieldingly retaining the flap in folded position, and a separable fastener for closing the entrance to the secret pocket.

4. In a pocket, the combination with a partition dividing the same into main and secret pockets having entrances arranged side by side, of a flap attached to the margin of the inner wall of the secret pocket at the entrance thereto and normally folded over the partition between the entrances to the two pockets, a button on said inner marginal portion of the secret pocket to engage a buttonhole in the marginal portion of the partition between the entrances to the two pockets, and resilient means for yieldingly retaining the flap in folded position to close the entrance to the secret pocket.

5. In a pocket, the combination with a partition dividing the same into main and secret pockets having entrances arranged side by side, of a flap attached to the inner wall of the secret pocket and normally folded over the marginal portion of the partition between the entrances to the two pockets, and resilient strips connected to the end portions of said flap and to the inner portion of the partition for yieldingly retaining said flap closed, said resilient strips diverging from one another inwardly, whereby they tend to hold said flap taut from end to end as well as retain it in folded position.

In testimony whereof I-have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE e. BABIGH. 

